Annie Darling owner of the mystery bookstore prefers fictional crimes as opposed to the real things. But in one tragic week, two acts of violence shake the island community of Broward₂s Rock. First, a beloved doctor is found shot dead, seemingly by his own hand. Only days later, a local artist is arrested after his wife is murdered. Convinced her brother did not commit suicide, the doctor₂s sister turns to Annie and her husband, Max, for help.